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Rita Silva Amaral completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Research and Health Services on 07/10/2019 by the University of Porto Faculty of Medicine, MSc in Master's in Evidence and Decision in Health on 03/14/2012 by University of Porto Faculty of Medicine, Degree in Cardiopneumology in 07/16/2006 by the Polytechnic Institute of Porto Escola Superior de Saúde and Bachelor in Cardiopneumology in 2005/07/12 by the Polytechnic Institute of Porto Escola Superior de Saúde . She is a Respiratory Technician (Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technician - Cardiopneumology) at CUF Institue and Hospital Porto, Guest Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Auxiliar Researcher (career) at the University of Porto Faculty of Medicine and Visiting Researcher at Uppsala Universitet. She has published 31 articles in specialized journals. It has 3 book chapters. Organized 3 event(s). She has mentored over 20 Bachelor's/Bachelor's degree completion work(s), 2 Master's thesis works. Received 3 prize(s) and/or honors. Participated and/or participated as a Research Fellow in 1 project(s), Masters Fellow in 1 project(s), and Other in 1 project(s). He works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Health Sciences with an emphasis on Epidemiology, Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Clinical Medicine with an emphasis on Respiratory System, Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Clinical Medicine with an emphasis on Allergology and Exact Sciences with an emphasis on Mathematics with an emphasis on Statistics and Probability. In his Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural production are: Latent class analysis; Airways; Asthma; Phenotypes; Population-based study; Unsupervised analysis; Epidemiological study; Overlap; Asthma-related outcomes; Exhaled nitric oxide; self-monitoring; self-management; mobile applications; asthma; asthma; lung function; bioacoustics; medical signal processing; forced expiratory maneuver; Airways symptoms; Allergic sensitization; Cluster analysis; eye symptoms; Anaphylaxis; allergens; drug allergy; record of adverse reactions; Clinical medicine; Clinical medicine; Medical and Health Sciences::Clinical Medicine; Medical and Health sciences::Clinical medicine; COPD; Chronic respiratory diseases; Rhinitis; Disease burden; Disease control; Data mining; mobile technologies for chronic diseases; advanced image processing algorithms; medication adherence; prospective multicenter studies; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita Silva Amaral

Citation names

  • Amaral, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A1E-751F-50F0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0233-830X
Researcher Id
E-5535-2017
Scopus Author Id
56067841600

Email addresses

  • rita.s.amaral@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 225513622 Ext.: 26924 (Professional)

Addresses

  • CINTESIS - Edifício Nascente, Piso 2, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Respiratory Systems
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Allergy
  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Statistics and Probability

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/07/10
Concluded
 Investigação Clínica e em Serviços de Saúde (Doutoramento)
Major in Investigação em Serviços de Saúde
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Phenotypes of Chronic Diseases of the Airways: Towards Multidimensional Data -Driven Profiling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2012/03/14
Concluded
 Mestrado em Evidência e Decisão em Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Reacções de Hipersensibilidade a Medicamentos. Comparação da imputação da causalidade atribuída pelos testes diagnósticos e pelo método de introspecção global" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2006/07/16
Concluded
 Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
"Velocidade de Onda de Pulso e Doença Coronária" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/07/12
Concluded
 Cardiopneumologia (Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
"Pressão intra-craniana e tabagismo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/15 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/07/01 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Uppsala Universitet Medicinska fakulteten Medicinska biblioteket, Sweden

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/16 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/09/15 - 2019/09/14 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/04/27 - Current Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Cardiopneumologia) Clínicas Médicas, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2020/07/14 Bolseira de Investigação Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2019/05/31 Bolseira de Doutoramento Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/04/15 - 2014/10/31 Bolseira de Investigação da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/04 - 2014/05 Colaboradora Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/06/01 - Current mINSPIRE - mHealth to measure and improve adherence to medication in chronic obstructive respiratory diseases - generalisation and evaluation of gamification, peer support and advanced image processing technologies
PTDC/MEC-OUT/29130/2017
Master Student Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - Current CASCA - Cost-of-Ilness of asthma in children
125964
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 mHealth para medição e melhoria da adesão à medicação nas doenças respiratórias obstrutivas crónicas - generalização e avaliação de tecnologias de gamificação, suporte por pares e processamento avançado de imagem
PTDC/MEC-OUT/29130/2017
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - 2015 Control and Burden of Asthma and Rhinitis
PTDC/SAU-SAP/119192/2010
Other
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Pereira, A.M.; Jácome, C.; Amaral, R.; Jacinto, T.; Fonseca, J.A.. Real-time clinical decision support at the point of care. 2018.
Book chapter
  1. Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Jácome, Cristina; Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Fonseca, João A. "Real-Time Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care". Academic Press, 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-813471-9.00022-0
  2. Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Valente, José; Pinho, Bernardo; Guedes, Rui; Almeida, Rute; Jácome, Cristina; et al. "Combined Image-Based Approach for Monitoring the Adherence to Inhaled Medications". In XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, 1399-1404. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_171
Conference abstract
  1. Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana; Chaves Loureiro, Cláudia; Lopes, Cristina; Mendes, Ana; et al. "Latent classes of adults with persistent asthma: data from the multicentre INSPIRERS studies". Paper presented in 2020 ERS International Congress, 2020.
    Published • 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.247
  2. Oliveira Jácome, Cristina Isabel; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Vidal, Carmen; López Freire, Sara; Méndez Brea, Paula; et al. "Feasibility of an asthma app to monitor medication adherence". Paper presented in 2020 ERS International Congress, 2020.
    Published • 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.1350
  3. Amaral, Rita; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana M; Jacinto, Tiago; Malinovsch, A; Janson, C; Alving, K; Fonseca, J. A.. "Identification of asthma phenotypes in the US general population: A latent class analysis approach". 2019.
    10.1111/all.13959
  4. Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Pereira, Ana; Almeida, Rute; Fonseca, João. "A comparison of unsupervised methods based on dichotomous data to identify clusters of airways symptoms: latent class analysis and partitioning around medoids methods.". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society International Congress 2018, Paris, 2018.
    Published • 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.pa4429
  5. Amaral, Rita; Fonseca, João A.; Jacinto, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Malinovschi, Andrei; Janson, Christer; Alving, Kjell. "High proportion of overlap between adult asthma phenotypes in a large population-based sample". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society International Congress 2016, Londres, 2016.
    Published • 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa568
Conference paper
  1. Almeida, R.; Pinho, B.; Jácome, C.; Teixeira, J.F.; Amaral, R.; Gonçalves, I.; Lopes, F.; et al. "Automatic Quality Assessment of a Forced Expiratory Manoeuvre Acquired with the Tablet Microphone". 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_170
  2. Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; Vieira-Marques, P.; Pereira, A.; Sá-Sousa, A.; Amaral, R.; Valente, J.; Fonseca, J.A.. "Engagement and usage patterns of a mobile application to monitor disease and treatment adherence in patients with asthma". 2020.
  3. Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; Martinho, D.; Vieira-Marques, P.; Jacinto, T.; Ferreira, A.; Almeida, A.; et al. "AIRDOC: Smart mobile application for individualized support and monitoring of respiratory function and sounds of patients with chronic obstructive disease". 2020.
  4. Almeida, Rute; Pinho, Bernardo; Jacome, Cristina; Teixeira, Joao Fonseca; Amaral, Rita; Lopes, Filipa; Jacinto, Tiago; et al. "Quality assessment and feedback of Smart Device Microphone Spirometry executed by children". 2019.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2019.8692452
  5. Pinho, B.; Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; P. Teixeira, J.; Amaral, R.; Lopes, F.; Jacinto, T.; et al. "Automatic Quality Assessment of Smart Device Microphone Spirometry". Setúbal, 2018.
    Published • 10.5220/0006866701150122
Conference poster
  1. Gonçalves, Ivânia; Jacinto, Tiago; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Araújo, Luís M.; Couto, Mariana; Fonseca, João A.. "Correlation between rhinomanometry and spirometry parameters in 971 adults". Paper presented in 11th Symposium on Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (SERIN 2017), 2017.
    10.1186/s13601-017-0163-x
Journal article
  1. Ana Margarida Pereira; Cristina Jácome; Tiago Jacinto; Rita Amaral; Mariana Pereira; Ana Sá-Sousa; Mariana Couto; et al. "Multidisciplinary Development and Initial Validation of a Clinical Knowledge Base on Chronic Respiratory Diseases for mHealth Decision Support Systems". Journal of Medical Internet Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.2196/45364.
    10.2196/45364
  2. Sousa-Pinto B; Louis R; Anto JM; Amaral R; Sá-Sousa A; Czarlewski W; Brussino L; et al. "Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting ß2-agonists in asthma: A MASK-air study.". Pulmonology (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37543524.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.07.004
  3. Bousquet J; Samolinski B; Kaidashev I; Maurer M; Roche N; Sousa-Pinto B; Kurchenko A; et al. "UCRAID (Ukrainian Citizen and refugee electronic support in Respiratory diseases, Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology) action plan.". Allergy (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37641384.
    10.1111/all.15855
  4. Bousquet J; Sousa-Pinto B; Regateiro FS; Pereira AM; Brussino L; Kvedariene V; Larenas-Linnemann DE; et al. "MASK-air® direct patient data support the ARIA-MeDALL hypothesis on allergic phenotypes.". Allergy (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37564010.
    10.1111/all.15842
  5. Bousquet J; Shamji MH; Anto JM; Schünemann HJ; Canonica GW; Jutel M; Del Giacco S; et al. "Patient-centered digital biomarkers for allergic respiratory diseases and asthma: The ARIA-EAACI approach - ARIA-EAACI Task Force Report.". Allergy (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37042071.
    10.1111/all.15740
  6. Mafalda Simões Cunha; Rita Amaral; Ana Margarida Pereira; Rute Almeida; Magna Alves-Correia; Cláudia Chaves Loureiro; Cristina Lopes; et al. "Symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with persistent asthma: a cross-sectional analysis of the INSPIRERS studies". BMJ Open (2023): https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068725.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068725
  7. Cristina Jácome; Nancy Fonseca; Tânia Rodrigues; Silvana Fernandes; Emília Costa; Rita Amaral; Paula Matos; et al. "PAAI – Interactive online self-learning programme for patients with asthma: Protocol for co-creation and impact". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia (2023): https://doi.org/10.32932/rpia.2023.04.111.
    10.32932/rpia.2023.04.111
  8. Sousa-Pinto B; Jácome C; Pereira AM; Regateiro FS; Almeida R; Czarlewski W; Kulus M; et al. "Development and validation of an electronic daily control score for asthma (e-DASTHMA): a real-world direct patient data study.". The Lancet. Digital health (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36872189.
    10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00020-1
  9. Portela D; Amaral R; Rodrigues PP; Freitas A; Costa E; Fonseca JA; Sousa-Pinto B. "Unsupervised algorithms to identify potential under-coding of secondary diagnoses in hospitalisations databases in Portugal.". Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36802958.
    10.1177/18333583221144663
  10. Alexandre L; Pereira AM; Amaral R; Alves-Correia M; Almeida R; Fonseca JA; Jácome C. "Patients' Satisfaction with Remote Asthma Medical Follow-Up Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.". Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36780001.
    10.1089/tmj.2022.0370
  11. Cachim A; Pereira AM; Almeida R; Amaral R; Alves-Correia M; Vieira-Marques P; Chaves-Loureiro C; et al. "Measuring adherence to inhaled control medication in patients with asthma: Comparison among an asthma app, patient self-report and physician assessment.". Clinical and translational allergy (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36825517.
    10.1002/clt2.12210
  12. Bousquet J; Anto JM; Sousa-Pinto B; Czarlewski W; Bedbrook A; Haahtela T; Klimek L; et al. "Digitally-enabled, patient-centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: The ARIA-MASK-air® approach.". Clinical and translational allergy (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36705508.
    10.1002/clt2.12215
  13. Sousa-Pinto B; Sá-Sousa A; Vieira RJ; Amaral R; Pereira AM; Anto JM; Klimek L; et al. "Cutoff Values of MASK-air Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.". The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36566778.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2022.12.005
  14. Sousa-Pinto B; Schünemann HJ; Sá-Sousa A; Vieira RJ; Amaral R; Anto JM; Klimek L; et al. "Consistent trajectories of rhinitis control and treatment in 16,177¿weeks: The MASK-air® longitudinal study.". Allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36325824.
    10.1111/all.15574
  15. Bousquet J; Sousa-Pinto B; Anto JM; Amaral R; Brussino L; Canonica GW; Cruz AA; et al. "Identification by cluster analysis of patients with asthma and nasal symptoms using the MASK-air® mHealth app.". Pulmonology (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36428213.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.10.005
  16. Sousa-Pinto B; Anto A; Berger M; Dramburg S; Pfaar O; Klimek L; Jutel M; et al. "Real-world data using mHealth apps in rhinitis, rhinosinusitis and their multimorbidities.". Clinical and translational allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36434742.
    10.1002/clt2.12208
  17. Vieira RJ; Sousa-Pinto B; Cardoso-Fernandes A; Jácome C; Portela D; Amaral R; Sá-Sousa A; et al. "Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test: A systematic review of measurement properties and COSMIN analysis.". Clinical and translational allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36178185.
    10.1002/clt2.12194
  18. Vieira RJ; Pham-Thi N; Anto JM; Czarlewski W; Sá-Sousa A; Amaral R; Bedbrook A; et al. "Academic Productivity of Young People With Allergic Rhinitis: A MASK-air Study.". The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35998876.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.015
  19. Sousa-Pinto B; Schünemann HJ; Sá-Sousa A; Vieira RJ; Amaral R; Anto JM; Klimek L; et al. "Comparison of rhinitis treatments using MASK-air® data and considering the minimal important difference.". Allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35567393.
    10.1111/all.15371
  20. Jannis Holtkötter; Rita Amaral; Rute Almeida; Jácome C; Ricardo Cardoso; Ana Margarida Pereira; Mariana Pereira; ki chon; Joao A Fonseca. "Development and Validation of a Digital Image Processing-Based Pill Detection Tool for an Oral Medication Self-Monitoring System". Sensors (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/8/2958.
    10.3390/s22082958
  21. Sousa-Pinto B; Azevedo LF; Sá-Sousa A; Vieira RJ; Amaral R; Klimek L; Czarlewski W; et al. "Allergen immunotherapy in MASK-air users in real-life: Results of a Bayesian mixed-effects model.". Clinical and translational allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35344295.
    10.1002/clt2.12128
  22. Sousa-Pinto B; Sá-Sousa A; Vieira RJ; Amaral R; Klimek L; Czarlewski W; Antó JM; et al. "Behavioural patterns in allergic rhinitis medication in Europe: A study using MASK-air® real-world data.". Allergy (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35258105.
    10.1111/all.15275
  23. Pereira AM; Almeida R; Amaral R; Alves-Correia M; Mendes S; Fonseca JA; Jácome C. "What Do Physicians Think About the Use of Telemedicine to Recruit and Assess Participants in mHealth-Related Clinical Studies as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic?". Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34990295.
    10.1089/tmj.2021.0462
  24. Jacome, C.; Pereira, A.M.; Amaral, R.; Alves-Correia, M.; Almeida, R.; Mendes, S.; Almeida Fonseca, J.. "The use of remote care during the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A perspective of Portuguese and Spanish physicians". European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 54 1 (2022): 25-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123389709&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.184
  25. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Sá-Sousa, A.; Amaral, R.; Czarlewski, W.; Bedbrook, A.; Anto, J.M.; Bousquet, J.; et al. "Assessment of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) using MASK-air". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 10 1 (2022): 343-345.e2. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85116774862&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2021.09.012
  26. Jácome C; Almeida R; Pereira AM; Amaral R; Vieira-Marques P; Mendes S; Alves-Correia M; et al. "Monitoring Adherence to Asthma Inhalers Using the InspirerMundi App: Analysis of Real-World, Medium-Term Feasibility Studies.". Frontiers in medical technology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35047915.
    10.3389/fmedt.2021.649506
  27. "Validation of App and Phone Versions of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT)". Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 31 3 (2021): 270-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.18176/jiaci.0640.
    10.18176/jiaci.0640
  28. "The influence of individual characteristics and non-respiratory diseases on blood eosinophil count". Clinical and Translational Allergy 11 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12036.
    10.1002/clt2.12036
  29. "Feasibility and Acceptability of an Asthma App to Monitor Medication Adherence: Mixed Methods Study". JMIR mHealth and uHealth 9 5 (2021): e26442-e26442. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26442.
    10.2196/26442
  30. Francisco Cunha; Rita Amaral; Tiago Jacinto; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Joao A Fonseca. "A Systematic Review of Asthma Phenotypes Derived by Data-Driven Methods". Diagnostics (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/4/644.
    10.3390/diagnostics11040644
  31. Rita Amaral; Jácome C; Ana Pereira; Magna Alves-Correia; Mendes, Sandra; José Carlos Cidrais Rodrigues; Joana Carvalho; et al. "Profiling Persistent Asthma Phenotypes in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Diagnostic Evaluation from the INSPIRERS Studies". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/3/1015.
    10.3390/ijerph18031015
  32. "Prescribing patterns of medication for respiratory diseases cluster analysis of the Portuguese electronic prescription database". European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology online fir (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.186.
    10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.186
  33. Neves, A.L.; Jácome, C.; Taveira-Gomes, T.; Pereira, A.M.; Almeida, R.; Amaral, R.; Alves-Correia, M.; et al. "Determinants of the use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asthma: Secondary analysis of observational studies". Journal of Medical Internet Research 23 9 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85106948726&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2196/25472
  34. Jácome C; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Couto, Mariana; Araújo, Luís M.; Correia-Alves, Magna; Fonseca, João A.. "Identification of clusters of asthma control: A preliminary analysis of the Inspirers studies". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia (2020):
    Accepted
  35. Jácome, C.; Amaral, R.; Almeida, R.; Pereira, A.M.; Couto, M.; Araújo, L.; Alves-Correia, M.; et al. "Identification of clusters of asthma control: A preliminary analysis of the inspirers studies,Identificar clusters de controlo da asma: Uma análise preliminar dos estudos inspirers". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 28 4 (2020): 231-240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85097973162&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.32932/rpia.2020.12.046
  36. Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana M.; Jacinto, Tiago; Malinovschi, Andrei; Janson, Christer; Alving, Kjell; Fonseca, Joao A.; Fonseca, João A.. "Comparison of hypothesis- and data-driven asthma phenotypes in NHANES 2007-2012: the importance of comprehensive data availability". Clinical and Translational Allergy 9 (2019): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000461351800001&KeyUID=WOS:000461351800001.
    10.1186/s13601-019-0258-7
  37. Amaral, R.; Pereira, A. M.; Araujo, L.; Sa-Sousa, A.; Jacinto, T.; Almeida, R.; Goncalves, I; et al. "Phenotyping allergic respiratory diseases: An unsupervised classification using latent class analysis". Allergy 73 S105 (2018): 370-702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.13539.
    Published • 10.1111/all.13539
  38. Amaral, R; Bousquet, J; Pereira, A M; Araujo, L M; Sa-Sousa, A; Jacinto, T; Almeida, R; et al. "Disentangling the heterogeneity of allergic respiratory diseases by latent class analysis reveals novel phenotypes.". Allergy (2018): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:30447164&KeyUID=MEDLINE:30447164.
    10.1111/all.13670
  39. Almeida, Ana; Amaral, Rita; Sá-Sousa, Ana; Martins, Constantino; Jacinto, Tiago; Pereira, Mariana; Pinho, Bernardo; et al. "FRASIS - Monitorização da função respiratória na asma utilizando os sensores integrados do smartphone". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 26 4 (2018): 273-283. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=SCIELO&KeyUT=SCIELO:S0871-97212018000400005&KeyUID=SCIELO:S0871-97212018000400005.
    Published
  40. Amaral, R.; Fonseca, J.A.; Jacinto, T.; Pereira, A.M.; Malinovschi, A.; Janson, C.; Alving, K.; et al. "Having concomitant asthma phenotypes is common and independently relates to poor lung function in NHANES 2007-2012". Clinical and Translational Allergy 8 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046539079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13601-018-0201-3
  41. Jacinto, Tiago; Amaral, Rita; Malinovschi, Andrei; Janson, Christer; Fonseca, Joao; Alving, Kjell; Fonseca, João. "Exhaled NO reference limits in a large population-based sample using the Lambda-Mu-Sigma method.". Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) (2018): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:30161011&KeyUID=MEDLINE:30161011.
    10.1152/japplphysiol.00093.2018
  42. Couto, M.; Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; Conceição, L.; Ferreira, A.; Marques, P.; Almeida, A.; et al. "FRASIS - Respiratory function monitoring in asthma using embedded smartphone sensors,FRASIS - Monitorização da função respiratória na asma utilizando os sensores integrados do smartphone". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 26 4 (2018): 273-283. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064509311&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  43. Amaral, R.; Pereira, A. M.; Araujo, L.; Sa-Sousa, A.; Jacinto, T.; Almeida, R.; Goncalves, I; et al. "Phenotyping allergic respiratory diseases: An unsupervised classification using latent class analysis". Allergy 73 (2018): 419-420. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000441690402166&KeyUID=WOS:000441690402166.
  44. Amaral, Rita. "Cost of asthma in children: a nationwide, population-based, cost-of-illness study.". Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28815837.
    10.1111/pai.12772
  45. Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Gonçalves, Ivânia; Sá-Sousa,Ana; Araújo, Luís M.; Fonseca, João A.. "Assessment of Bronchodilator Response with Spirometry in Children with and without Asthma - The Relevance of the Smaller Airways". Pediatric Pulmonology 52 S46 (2017): S100-S176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.23731.
    Published • 10.1002/ppul.23731
  46. Emons, J A M; Flokstra, B M J; de Jong, C; van der Molen, T; Brand, H K; Arends, N J T; Amaral, R; Fonseca, J A; Gerth van Wijk, R. "Use of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARATkids) in children and adolescents: Validation in Dutch.". Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 28 2 (2017): 185-190. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:27801950&KeyUID=MEDLINE:27801950.
    10.1111/pai.12678
  47. Amaral, R.; Carneiro, A.C.; Wandalsen, G.; Fonseca, J.A.; Sole, D.. "Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test for Children (CARATKids): Validation in Brazil and cutoff values". Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 118 5 (2017): 551-556.e2. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016498283&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anai.2017.02.007
  48. "Abstracts from the 11th Symposium on Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (SERIN 2017).". Clinical and translational allergy (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/PMC/PMC5576386.
  49. Domingues M; Amaral R; Fonseca JA; Azevedo P; Correia-de-Sousa J. "Assessment of asthma control using CARAT in patients with and without Allergic Rhinitis: A pilot study in primary care.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26767726.
    10.1016/j.rppnen.2015.10.014
  50. Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana; Morais-Almeida, Mario; Fonseca, Joao. "Phenotypes of airway diseases in preschool children". European Respiratory Journal 48 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000443059700577&KeyUID=WOS:000443059700577.
    10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA321
  51. Sá-Sousa A; Amaral R; Morais-Almeida M; Araújo L; Azevedo LF; Bugalho-Almeida A; Bousquet J; Fonseca JA. "Asthma control in the Portuguese National Asthma Survey.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25926249.
    10.1016/j.rppnen.2014.08.003
  52. Linhares DV; da Fonseca JA; Borrego LM; Matos A; Pereira AM; Sá-Sousa A; Gaspar A; et al. "Validation of control of allergic rhinitis and asthma test for children (CARATKids)--a prospective multicenter study.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24628568.
    10.1111/pai.12218
  53. Amaral, R.; Morais-Almeida, M.; Gaspar, Â.; Sá-Sousa, A.; Martins, H.; Fonseca, J.. "Anaphylaxis in Portugal: First registries of the portuguese catalog of allergies and other adverse reactions,A anafilaxia em Portugal: Primeiros registos do catálogo português de alergias e outras reacções adversas". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 22 1 (2014): 23-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901475545&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Preprint
  1. Ana Margarida Pereira; Cristina Jácome; Tiago Jacinto; Rita Amaral; Mariana Pereira; Ana Sá-Sousa; Mariana Couto; et al. "Multidisciplinary Development and Initial Validation of a Clinical Knowledge Base on Chronic Respiratory Diseases for mHealth Decision Support Systems (Preprint)". 2022. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.45364.
    10.2196/preprints.45364
  2. "What do physicians think about the use of telemedicine to recruit and assess participants in mHealth-related clinical studies as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic? (Preprint)". 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.26937.
    10.2196/preprints.26937
  3. Cristina Jácome; Rute Almeida; Ana Margarida Pereira; Rita Amaral; Sandra Mendes; Magna Alves-Correia; Carmen Vidal; et al. "Feasibility and Acceptability of an Asthma App to Monitor Medication Adherence: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)". 2020. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.26442.
    10.2196/preprints.26442
  4. "Determinants of use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asthma: secondary analysis of observational studies (Preprint)". 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.25472.
    10.2196/preprints.25472
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rita da Silva Amaral. "Phenotypes of Chronic Diseases of the Airways: Towards Multidimensional Data -Driven Profiling". PhD, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121273.
  2. Amaral, Rita. "Reacções de Hipersensibilidade a Medicamentos : Comparação da imputação da causalidade atribuída pelos testes diagnósticos e pelo método de introspecção global". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2012.
  3. Amaral, Rita. "Velocidade de Onda de Pulso na Doença Arterial Coronária". Degree, Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, 2006.

Other

Other output
  1. A anafilaxia em Portugal: Primeiros registos do Catálogo Português de Alergias e outras Reacções Adversas. Introdução: A anafilaxia é usualmente sub-diagnosticada e sub-notificada, estando em causa a segurança do utente nos cuidados de saúde. O Catálogo Português de Alergias e outras Reacções Adversas (CPARA) foi desenvolvido para registar e partilhar informação destas reacções em todo o sistema de saúde português. Objectivo: Caracterizar clínica e demograficamente todos os casos de reacções de anafila. 2014. Amaral,Rita; Morais-Almeida,Mário; Gaspar,Ângela; Sa‑Sousa,Ana; Martins,Henrique; Fonseca,João. http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0871-97212014000100003.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016/10/08 Elevada sobreposição dos fenótipos de asma no adulto e o seu impacto na doença: Estudo transversal de base populacional 37ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica (SPAIC)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/10/11 Fatores determinantes no controlo da asma na população adulta Portuguesa 36ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica (SPAIC)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - 2021/03/31 Fenótipos de asma obtidos de modo não-supervisionado: Revisão sistemática
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2021/01/17 Development and validation of a digital image processing-based pill detection tool for an oral medication self-monitoring system
Supervisor
 European Master's Degree in Medical Technology and Healthcare Business (Master)
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg Fakultät Life Sciences, Germany
2018/10 - 2020/07/04 Concordância inter- e intra-observador na avaliação de sons espirométricos: Avaliação da viabilidade e reprodutibilidade na deteção de erros da manobra espirométrica
Supervisor
 Fisiologia Clínica (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/07 Pulmonary dysfunction in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Supervisor
 Fisiologia Clínica (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/07 Volumes estáticos, resistências das vias aéreas e capacidade de difusão pulmonar: parâmetros de diferenciação de asma e DPOC
Supervisor
 Cardiopneumologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/07 Efeito da prática desportiva no padrão eletrocardiográfico do atleta: um estudo retrospetivo
Supervisor
 Cardiopneumologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Pressão arterial em adultos com diferentes níveis de actividade física: Estudo tranversal
Supervisor
 Cardiopneumologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/11/30 - 2019/11/30 Colaboração na organização da kick-off meeting do “Estudo mINSPIRERS na Medicina Geral e Familiar” (2019/11/30 - 2019/11/30)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/10/26 - 2019/10/27 Comissão organizadora do 2º Congresso Nacional de Fisiologia Clínica (2019/10/26 - 2019/10/27)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/05 - 2019/04/07 Comissão Científica - 24º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia (2019/04/05 - 2019/04/05)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Cardiopneumologistas (APTEC) , Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/02/03 - 2020/02/07 Lecionou e coordenou a unidade de formação "Latent Cluster Analysis with R and Mplus"
Seminar
 Winter School
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/10/26 - 2019/10/27 Preletora na mesa "Estudo da função respiratória em pediatria", com o tema "A diversidade de características da asma na criança: abordagem multifatorial"
Congress
 2º Congresso Nacional de Fisiologia Clínica
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 Membro do Júri - TOP 5 Comunicações Orais - 24º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia
Congress
 24º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia
Associação Portuguesa de Cardiopneumologistas (APTEC) , Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/01/01 - 2021/02/20 26º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia Formato virtual
2019 - 2019 24.º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09 - Current Introdução à Fisiologia Clínica Fisiologia Clínica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - Current Tecnologias de Imagem Médica e Instrumentação Tecnologia Médica e Negócios em Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - Current Técnicas de Medição Médica Tecnologia Médica e Negócios em Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/09 - Current Investigação Aplicada à Fisiologia Clínica Fisiologia Clínica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/09 - Current Sinais Clínicos Aplicados Tecnologia Médica e Negócios em Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/01 Patologia Cardiorespiratória Fisiologia Clínica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/07 Projecto de Investigação em Cardiopneumologia Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/11/23 - Current Saúde em dia Sintomas oculares na doença alérgica respiratória

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Allergy (1398-9995 ) Wiley
2018/09/01 - Current CHEST Journal (1931-3543) Elsevier
2018 - Current International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology (2042-6984) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2018 - Current American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (1945-8932) SAGE Publications
2016 - Current Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (1399-3038) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Outstanding poster presentation
2015 Melhor comunicação oral
2013 Melhor artigo sobre Anafilaxia